The Becker-Friedman Institute for Research in Economics

Conference Program

Where available, slides from panelists' opening remarks are linked below (.ppt or .pdf).

December 15

9–10 a.m.    Introduction and Setting the Stage

• Lewis Alexander, U.S. Treasury
• Charles Evans, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
• Lars Peter Hansen, University of Chicago
• Andrew W. Lo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

10:15 a.m–12 p.m.   Network Analysis

Moderator: Nicholas Economides, New York University   Remarks »
• Sujit Kapadia, Bank of England
• Anna Nagurney, University of Massachusetts Amherst   Remarks »
• Mila Getmansky Sherman, University of Massachusetts Amherst   Remarks »
• Kimmo Soramaki, Financial Network Analytics

12–1:30 p.m.    Luncheon Keynote: Jacob Goldfield, JG Funds

1:30–3:15 p.m.    The Shadow Banking System

• Moderator: Perry Mehrling, Columbia University and Boston University Institute
      for Finance, Law, and Policy
• Adam Ashcraft, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  
• Jacob Goldfield, JG Funds
• Peter Hancock, AIG

3:30–5:15 p.m.   Sovereign Risk

• Moderator: John Cochrane, University of Chicago    Remarks »
• Paul Hiebert, European Central Bank   
• Dale Gray, International Monetary Fund
• Francis Longstaff, University of California Los Angeles
• Harold Uhlig, University of Chicago

5:30 p.m.    Conference Dinner at Chicago Mercantile Exchange

• Bus transportation from conference to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
• Dinner and keynote remarks: Leo Melamed, CME Group Chairman Emeritus
• Tour of Globex operations facility
  

December 16

8:30–10:15 a.m.   The Housing Sector

• Moderator: John Heaton, University of Chicago
• Amir E. Khandani, Morgan Stanley
• Deborah Lucas, Congressional Budget Office
  Amir Sufi, University of Chicago Remarks »
• Paul Willen, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
  

10:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m.   Risk Analytics and Assessments

• Moderator: Tobias Adrian, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton University
  
• Sean Campbell, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
• Maarten Nederlof, Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company
  Roger M. Stein, Moody’s Research Labs Remarks »

12:30–2 p.m.  Luncheon Keynote: Chris Hart, National Transportation Safety Board

2–4:15 p.m.   Implementation Challenges

• Moderator: Allan Mendelowitz, Federal Housing Finance Board
• Francis Gross, European Central Bank   Remarks »
• Henry Hu, Securities and Exchange Commission
• John Liechty, Pennsylvania State University
  
• T. Lynn Riggs, U.S. Census Bureau
• Grace Vogel, FINRA